After reading the story over, please prepare yourself for the written test by answering the following questions. Respond to these on this sheet if possible. You may use your notebook if you feel it necessary for neatness and space.

Underline the correct response to multiple choice questions. Begin and end your sentence correctly, besides making sure that your sentence has a subject and predicate.

1.  Callie and Maisie are alike because they enjoy playing …

  1. In the park, or
  2. Near the bridge.

2.  Why does Mama boil daisies?

  1. To make medicine
  2. To make wine
  3. To make paint

3.  Why does Mama leave Maisie and Callie home alone one evening?

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4.  After Mama leaves, what does Calie want to do?

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5.  How does Callie injure her leg?

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6.  Why doesn’t Maisie get Mama after Callie hurts herself?

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7.  What does Mama say when she gets back home?

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8.  Why does Mama let Maisie help her with the doctoring at the end of the story?

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9.  Who is telling the story?

a.  Mama

b.  Maisie

c.  Callie

10.  How does Callie plan to hide her scar?

  1. By wearing long pants
  2. By covering it with a poultice
  3. By wearing a long skirt

11.  Why does Maisie think that the mountain people need her mother?

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12.  What did Mama mean when she said, “There’s more than one way to cross a bridge?”

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VOCABULARY this week!

Fill in the blanks with the words from the word bank.

1.  Maisie and Callie live on the edge of a ______(small canyon).

2.  Callie says, “Let us soar into the heavens, never to be ______(being held captive) again!”

3.  Mama uses a cloth to strain her ______(a medicine made from plants).

4.  Maisie decides to make a ______(a type of medicine) to put on Callie’s wound.

5.  Maisie talks on and on, ______(making someone comfortable) Callie to sleep.

Study these Spelling words:

_dge age ge

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badge damage gorge

wedge garbage

fudge manage

lodge voyage

dodge sausage

edge package

bridge luggage

hedge image

cottage

cabbage

Practice these in cursive. Correct letter formation is a must!

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